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Erika Stang (1 September 1861 - 28 October 1898)[1] was a Norwegian composer and pianist.[2]

Stang was born in Honefoss[3] to Fredrikke Dorothea Kamstrup and Johan Stang.[1] She studied music with Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Hans Barth in Berlin and taught music in Kristiania during the 1880s and 1890s.[4] She also performed as a pianist, and corresponded with pianist Andreas Martin Knutzen([5] According to the Norwegian Historical Association, letters they exchanged between 1887 and 1889 have been archived and translated into English.[6] Stang died in Oslo in 1898.[1]

Stang’s music was published by Carl Warmuth.[7] Her compositions include:

Piano

• Bryllupsmarsch[7]

• Childhood Memories[8]

• Fifteen Four-Hand Pieces for Beginners[8]

• Menuet[9]

Vocal

• Four Songs[8]

• “Vaarvise”[9]

References

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